Events

Sustainable Production of Transportation Fuels and Chemicals: Challenges and Opportunities

With crude oil reserves decreasing, oil prices soaring and with increasing concerns about climate change, intense research efforts are being developed all over the world to establish alternatives for the production of transportation fuels and chemicals.

During this strategic workshop keynote speakers in catalysis research elaborated on the crucial role catalysis can play in establishing sustainable and economically feasible alternative production routes. Alternative feedstocks and enabling catalytic technologies were covered by experts in the field.

A thematic approach

The workshop distinguished four themes. Each theme was covered by several experts on the theme.

Heavy feedstocks

Light alkanes

Biomass and renewables

Assessment of the technologies

Invited speakers

Prof. Gabrieli Centi - University of Messina, Italy

Prof. James Dumesic - University of Wisconsin, United States of America

Prof. Murray Gray - University of Alberta, Canada

Prof. André Faaij - University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Prof. J. Lercher - Technical University of Munich, Germany

Dr Rostrup Nielsen - Topsøe, Denmark

Prof. Unni Olsbye - University of Oslo, Norway

Prof. John Regalbuto - University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America